Pantaloon-stretcher



(No Model.)

T. LUOE.

PANTALOON STRETGHER. 7 No. 279,262. Patented June 12,1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE LUCE, OF DETROIT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF To EDMOND B. HARRINGTON,OF PO T HURON, MICHIGAN,

PANTALOON-STR ETCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,262, dated June 12,1883.

Application filed April'lfl, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE LUOE, of Detroit, in the county of Wayneand State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements inDevices for Strectching Pantaloons; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to devices for stretching pantaloons; and itconsists in the peculiar construction, combination, and operation ofparts, as more fully hereinafter described.

It frequently occurs that pantaloons knee, or stretch more over the kneethan at any other point, occasioned by their drawing over the knee whenthe wearer is in sitting position, and this gives a baggy, untidyappearance when the wearer is standing.

The object of the present invention is to pro vide a light, inexpensive,and effective device by means of which a tension may be brought upon thepantaloons which will stretch the other parts correspondingly to theknee, so that the pantaloons, when worn, will appear as 116W.

Figure 1 is an elevation showing a pair of pantaloons under theoperation of being stretched by the device. Fig. 2 is an elevation ofthe upper portion of the device detached. Fig. 3 is a verticalcross-section of the lower portion of the device or clamp.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Arepresents a bar, through a series of holes, a, in which are passed thedouble loops b, corresponding in number to one-half of thesuspender-buttons usually employed, and the whole so arranged that whenthe pantaloons are folded flat, as shown, the loops may be engaged withthe sus pender-buttons upon each side. A long loop, I), is alsosupported by this bar, and this latter loop is designed to engagebetween the legs of the pantaloons with the crotch thereof at the centerseam.

G is a V-shaped box consisting of sides and ends, without top or bottom,and of sufficient length to receive the lower end of the pantaloon-legswhen folded flat from front to rear; and. G is a wedge of sufficientthinness inserted between the pantaloon-legs and within the box, whenthe legs are therein inserted, to hold the same in place under tension.

D is a spring centrally secured to the lower part of the wedge, where itprojects through the bottom of the box, and this spring, being fixed ata proper point and the pantaloons be ing supported from a rigid point atthe top, will exert, by means of the device described, an equal tensionupon all parts of the pants except the bulging knees. A weight or anyother equivalent device may be employed to produce this required tensionwhen the pantaloons are suspended properly from the bar A.

This device may be also usefully employed to produce proper tensionuponthe garment when it is desired to clean the same or applydetergents.

What I claim as my invention is 1. As a means for securing the lowerends of pantaloon-legs for the purpose of stretching the same, theV-shaped box and wedge, in combination with a device from which tosuspend the pantaloons at the waist, substantially as described.

2. As a means of suspending pantaloons to be subjected to a tension, andof securing a fine tension thereon, a bar provided with a series ofsmaller loops to engage with the suspender-buttons of the garment, and along loop to engage between the legs of the garment with the center seamthereof, substantially as described.

THEODORE LUOE. Witnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, E. W. ANDREWS.

